Matchsticks are loqîd لوقيد in Darija. In MSA, that’s 3ôd ath-thiqâb عود الثقاب or 3ôd alkibrît عود الكبريت. I was once told that in some regions of Morocco, loqîd is called zzalamîT الزلاميط, which is derived from the French word for matchsticks: les allumettes.

Talking about matchsticks, one can’t but remember the “Little Match Girl”. I guess that most of you have read this story or watched it as a cartoon. That’s one of the stories that stuck in my memory from my childhood.

Art wise, loqîd can be used to build nice stuff:

To finish this entry, here is a meaningful cute video: